Stare Indecisis

In 2014 the SCC unanimously recognized in Tsilhqot’in Nation v British Columbia that the Tsilhqot’in Nation has aboriginal title to over 1750 square kilometres of land southwest of Williams Lake in the Nemiah Valley. Indi talks to Chief Roger William, the original named plaintiff in the land title case, to discuss Tsilhqot’in law, Chief Roger’s 25 years of involvement with the land title case and...

Second half of 1L is a different kind of challenge but you will survive it - trust us, we've been there! Max, Indi and Jess introduce themselves as the hosts of the fifth season of Stare Indecisis and the tips that they wish someone had told them during spring semester of 1L. 

The Supreme Court of Canada is expected to release its decision on Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in the coming weeks. Krista Robertson, counsel for the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, represented her client in all three levels of court. Indi and Krista discuss whether the Charter should apply to laws passed by self-governing Indigenous nations and why the analogous ground of Aboriginality-r...

Host Cassidy Menard interviews Garima Karia, recent law school graduate and future clerk for the Supreme Court of Canada. Garima is one of six authors published in Volume 28 of Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform. Her paper “When Words Can Do Justice: Assessing the Novel Relationship Between Legislative Drafting and Access to Administrative Justice in Yukon and Canada” explores the connec...

In this podcast, Patrick interviews Patricia Hughes about Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, also known as the notwithstanding clause. They discuss its history, recent invocations, and its potential for misuse. Angus Reid Institute Study: https://angusreid.org/canada-constitution-notwithstanding-clause-bill-96-bill-28/ If you have any feedback you would like to share with t...

You can’t handle the truth!! (of these rankings). Join hosts Cassidy and Max for a totally-not-definitive tier ranking of nearly 30 lawyer films from the 1950s to the present. With little to back their opinions besides personal taste and unreliable memory, they grade some of cinema’s most renowned courtroom dramas including Legally Blonde, The Firm, 12 Angry Men, Erin Brockovich, My Cousin Vinny,...

Tom speaks with Professor Rebecca Johnson about the modern true crime boom, its effects on victims and their families and whether it might actually be a good thing. If you have any feedback you would like to share with the hosts, please send us an email at appealpodcast@gmail.com. Guest: Rebecca Johnson Hosting and editing: Tom Ndekezi Outro Music: Machinery by Eddy Theme Song: Logan Aitken Media...

Cassidy and Max speak with four UVic law students about their renting experiences as a jumping off point to inquire more broadly about the scope and application of tenancy rights in BC. They interview lawyers Robert Patterson and Zuzana Modrovic of the Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre (TRAC) and Doug King of the Together Against Poverty Society (TAPS). The conversation touches on vacancy contro...

Tom talks about the problems with "legalese" and the rise of the plain language legal writing movement, before interviewing Cheryl Stephens, the founder of Plain Language Association International (PLAIN). Together they discuss ways to simplify legal language, the importance of plain language drafting and learn some new Scrabble words. If you have any feedback you would like to share with the host...

Join Cassidy and Patrick in conversation with the Honourable Michelle O’Bonsawin, the first Indigenous justice to serve on the Supreme Court of Canada and the court’s most recent appointee. Justice O’Bonsawin shares anecdotes about her career prior to the SCC, talks emerging issues in the law, and gives listeners a sense of her life outside of the courtroom. Stay tuned after the interview for a de...

In part two of our series on Decriminalization & Harm Reduction, Patrick is joined by members of H.A.R.D. Law for a round table discussion on advocacy in law school. Building upon or previous episode regarding BC’s recent decriminalization of small possession, this episode delves deeper into the role of law students in advocating for these important issues. Our guests share their experiences w...

In part one of our series on Decriminalization & Harm Reduction, we delve into the controversial drug exemption policy that came into effect on January 31st in BC. Patrick and Max talk to Sandra Ka Hon Chu, Co-Executive Director at HIV Legal Network, and Nathan Crompton from VANDU, who share insight into how this exemption came to be and their perspectives on the policy's effectiveness. Throug...

Meet the “cool kids” of the Appeal law journal. In this episode, the season 4 hosts of Stare Indecisis introduce themselves to help listeners better understand their positionality in relation to the subject-matter of future episodes. They then move to a discussion of land acknowledgements: what they mean to them personally, and how they define them in the context of law school and this season’s po...

Join our guest host Gabriella Bright in conversation with Dean Napoleon. Their discussion touches on favourites, inspirations, Dean Napoleon's journey to law school, visions for the future, as well as answers to some hard-hitting questions from the student body. This episode is split into three sections: 1) rapid fire questions that will give you some insight into Dean Napoleon, 2) a discussion of...

Navigating law school and the law is a unique experience—what is it like as a queer person? In this episode, Vinson profiles Layne Clarke, a fellow queer law student at UVic. Join the two as they examine what their queerness means to them, and what it means to be queer in law in this cozy coffee chat. Guest: Layne Clarke (they/them) Host/Producer/Editor: Vinson Shih (he/him) Theme Music: Jeremy Ma...

Curious about Appeal? Wonder what it's like to work on a law journal? Join podcast host Sarah Lachance in this new mini-series as she interviews different members of Appeal's editorial board to learn more about the different departments,  roles, and all the reasons you should get involved in the journal. Tune in this week to hear Vinson Shih share his experience on the Podcasting/Public Relations...

Curious about Appeal? Wonder what it's like to work on a law journal? Join podcast host Sarah Lachance in this new mini-series as she interviews different members of Appeal's editorial board to learn more about the different departments, roles, and all the reasons you should get involved in the journal. Tune in this week to hear Jinjae Jeong share his experience as a member of the Publications Dep...

Content warning: In this episode we discuss sexual assault and intimate partner violence, as well as survivors of sexual assault navigating reporting and trial. Stare Indecisis sits down with Camas Ussery, an author in Volume 27 of Appeal (published Spring 2022). We discuss Camas’ paper, “The Myth of the Ideal Victim: Combatting Misconceptions of Expected Demeanour in Sexaul Assault Survivors” and...

Curious about Appeal? Wonder what it's like to work on a law journal? Join podcast host Sarah Lachance in this new mini-series as she interviews different members of Appeal's editorial board to learn more about the different departments,  roles, and all the reasons you should get involved in the journal. Tune in this week to hear Hilary Mutch share her experience as a member of the Submissions Dep...

Curious about Appeal? Wonder what it's like to work on a law journal? Join podcast host Sarah Lachance in this new mini-series as she interviews different members of Appeal's editorial board to learn more about the different departments, roles, and all the reasons you should get involved with the journal. Tune in this week to hear Frances Miltimore share her experience as Editor-in-Chief and her t...

On January 3, 2022 the Competition Bureau ordered Keurig, the maker of the ubiquitous single-use coffee pod, to pay a $3 million fine and change its coffee pod packaging following a complaint made about its advertising. Patrick McDermott, Stare Indecisis volunteer and member of the University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Club met with Calvin Sandborn, Senior Counsel with the Environmental Law C...

Join podcast hosts and UVic Law students Sarah Lachance, Camille O’Sullivan, and Vinson Shih in this inaugural episode of Stare Indecisis as they get to know one another, exploring where they come from, their passions, and hopes for this brand new podcast season—We Are Not Really Strangers style. Hosts: Sarah Lachance (she/her), Camille O’Sullivan (she/her), Vinson Shih (he/him) Producer: Vinson S...